Posted on 01 September 2010.
Leadership 100, one of the major Greek American charitable membership organizations that supports the National Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Church of America, will proudly present the renowned business leader and philanthropist, Peter G. Peterson, to its members and guests as the featured speaker in its first Forum on Business and Philanthropy to take place [...]
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Posted in Events, New York
Posted on 24 August 2010.
On Monday former Governor George Pataki, NY-1 congressional candidate George Demos and Bishop Andonios -who represented Archbishop Demetrios called a press conference at the former site of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The conference was an attempt to help rebuild the St. Nicholas Orthodox church that was destroyed on 9/11.
“I’m calling on the Port Authority [...]
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Posted in New York, News
Posted on 03 August 2010.
Greek-American Conservative Republican Candidate for Congress in the First District of New York George Demos appeared on Fox News recently. Demos called on The Port Authority’s Executive Director Chris Ward to immediately stop his bureaucratic roadblocks and that the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero must be a top priority.
Demos stated that it was [...]
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Posted in New York, News
Posted on 23 July 2010. Tags: Politics
George Demos, the Conservative Republican Candidate for Congress in New York’s First Congressional District issued the following statement on the proposed mosque amid the sacred ruins of Ground Zero and expressed outrage at our own government’s refusal to rebuild the only house of worship that was actually destroyed on September [...]
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Posted in New York, News
Posted on 13 July 2010.
With the customary National Memorial for all those heroically died during the treacherous coup d’ etat and the turkish invasion, the Greek-American Community honors the black anniversaries of the July 15 coup and the July 20 Turkish invasion in 1974.
The Cyprus Federation of America and PSEKA will conduct on Sunday the 18th of July a [...]
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Posted in Events, New York
Posted on 10 June 2010.
Ιν an interview for the Eurasian section of the “Voice of America”, addressing the issue of the name of FYROM, the US Deputy Secretary of the State, James Steinberg stated that the US government is wishing the best for this process and that they would exchange ideas with pleasure encouraging both sides to focus on [...]
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Posted in New York, News
Posted on 10 June 2010.
Over eighty mayors, city officials, staff and donors took part in the Mayors for Peace Reception on May 4th in New York, hosted by John and Margo Catsimatidis at their Fifth Avenue apartment. Special guests of the reception were Michael Douglas and Yoko Ono, who endorsed Mayors for Peace and its 2020 Vision Campaign.
At first, [...]
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Posted in New York, News
Posted on 03 June 2010. Tags: business
Alma bank, a banking institution that came to life mainly by Greek-American capital started its operation when the American economy was entering into once of its worse crisis that mostly affected the banks among other organizations. Alma bank recently opened its sixth branch located in Brooklyn and has plans to open more in the coming years. [...]
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Posted on 02 June 2010. Tags: Aktina, Cyprus
Join CYPRECO on Friday, June 11th at 8pm at the Stathakion Cultural Center 22-51 29th Street, Astoria, NY 11105 and discover the rich history and culture of one of the most important ancient City Kingdoms of Cyprus, SALAMIS. The evening features a screening of the documentary “SALAMIS, The Ancient City of Teucer of Telamon” by [...]
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Posted in Events, New York
Posted on 02 June 2010.
A tribute to the life and work of the award-winning distinguished author of the Greek Diaspora, Ms. Yota Strati (photo) is being organized on June 5th at the Cultural Centre of the Archdiocese by the Association of Athenians in New York.
“Creations of a lifetime” is the general title of the event, which will present excerpts [...]
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Posted in New York, News